Lesson 15 Essay Topics:
- Discuss the figure of Nanabush: characteristics, function in the play, relevance in the Aboriginal culture.
- Concepts of circular and web-like world order (Aboriginal point of view) as different from the concepts of hierarchical and linear world order (Western-European point of view). Discuss differences and consequences for everyday life in perceiving the world through these perspectives.
- Literal and symbolic meaning of rape. Discuss Thomson Highway's choice of representing Zha's rape scene as artist's expression of a painful life experience.